Euel "Monk" Moore
Chickasaw Athlete
 
 
 Euel "Monk" Moore, a former major league pitcher, was posthumously inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in May, 1989. 

He began his pitching career in the minor leagues in 1927, and by 1933 had established himself as a world-class pitcher and Texas League workhorse, regularly pitching 300 innings a season, always with a sterling record.  He began his major league career with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1934, but his career was cut short due to an injury sustained in spring training in 1935.

After his baseball career, Moore joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in World War II. After his discharged from the military, he served as a state game ranger for 27 years in the Tishomingo district. 

Because Monk always exhibited the indomitable Chickasaw spirit, clippings and memorabilia of his career can be viewed at the Chickasaw Council House Museum in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. 
 

Jesse "Cab" Renick
Chickasaw Olympic Gold Medalist
 
 
 Jesse "Cab" Renick was born in Love County, Oklahoma in 1917 and grew up playing basketball on a dirt court in Marietta. His love for the game continued and, after graduating high school, he began playing for Hale's Tire Shop, an Amateur Athletic Union (AA) team. 

Two years of AAU experience landed Cab on the squad at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma where he played both basketball and football and was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in both sports. 

He then went on to play in the starting lineup for the Oklahoma A&M University Aggies (now Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater until leaving to serve in World War II for the U.S. Navy.

After leaving the Navy in 1945, Cab jumped back into his playing career and joined the AAU powerhouse Phillips 66ers. In 1948, Cab and four 66ers teammates joined five players from the University of Kentucky and four other players from around the U.S. to represent the United States Olympic Team in London, England. Cab, as team captain, helped lead the U.S. to an Olympic gold medal becoming one of only three Native Americans to win an Olympic gold medal.

After the Olympics, he returned to the United States and began teaching and coaching at the Albuquerque Indian School.

Reverend Jesse Humes
Chickasaw Reverend 
 
Reverend Jessee Humes, a fluent speaker of English, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, was very aware of the importance of his cultural heritage and worked with his wife Vinnie May (James) Humes to compile A Chickasaw Dictionary. 

First published in 1973, the book was one of the first efforts to preserve the Chickasaw language in printed form. 

Rev. Humes was also very active in political matters, acting as an advisor to Gov. Douglas Johnston. He also represented the tribe for many years in Washington, D.C., and worked to establish the governorship as a position elected by the Chickasaw people.

He was a Methodist minister for 34 years, riding on horseback from town to town to tend his flock. 

He not only attended school at Wapanucka Boys Academy and the Manual Labor School at Lebanon, Oklahoma, but completed summer courses for many years at Oklahoma City University. 

As a life-long learner, he was a strong advocate for tribal education programs. He left a legacy of activism and accomplishment for the people and government of the Chickasaw Nation.